With training camp set to begin tomorrow to – finally – bring some positive news back to hockey’s forefront, it’s high time to get going on a four-part series of blogs previewing the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2011-12 season. Today, we kick off with a coaching preview, to be followed in the coming weeks with a look at the goaltending situation, blue line, top six and bottom six forwards.
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Cynics may suggest that the hiring of Scott Gordon and Greg Cronin – at the expense of Keith Acton and Tim Hunter – as assistants to head coach Ron Wilson may amount to change for change’s sake. And they may not be wrong.
After all, it’s hard to get terribly excited about adding a guy with a 64-94-23 head coaching record at the NHL level (Gordon) and a guy who was suspended as head coac...